EP0872133B1 - Method and arrangement for increasing the range for a telecommunication network in a telecommunications system - Google Patents

Method and arrangement for increasing the range for a telecommunication network in a telecommunications system Download PDF

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EP0872133B1
EP0872133B1 EP96911160A EP96911160A EP0872133B1 EP 0872133 B1 EP0872133 B1 EP 0872133B1 EP 96911160 A EP96911160 A EP 96911160A EP 96911160 A EP96911160 A EP 96911160A EP 0872133 B1 EP0872133 B1 EP 0872133B1
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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement and to a method for increasing the range of at least two telecommunication networks, so called service networks having mutually different specified standards.
  • European Patent Application 0 602 857 discloses another solution for extending the range of a telephone network.
  • the application illustrates how the services in a fixed telephone network can be reached transparently from a mobile unit located in a mobile telephone network. According to this publication, all outgoing calls from the mobile are first routed or directed to a program unit in the fixed telephone network. The call is then treated as though it had been setup from the program unit and access is given to the services of the fixed network.
  • US Patent Specification US 5,303,286 discloses a telecommunications system, which includes PCN-system (Personal Communications Network), which has been integrated with a cellular network.
  • PCN-system Personal Communications Network
  • the PCN-system is a part of the cellular network and when the PCN-system is heavily loaded certain frequencies in the cellular network can be allocated users in the PCN-system.
  • the telecommunications system also includes a ground-based network part, which is able to transfer signals from the PCN-user to the PCN-system via the cellular network, such that the user of the PCN-system is perceived as being present in the PCN-network despite the cellular network being used in the radio access.
  • the two systems can be reached from the cellular network.
  • a common radio unit is used for access to both systems.
  • the solution proposed in the US Patent Specification is complicated and fails to provide system flexibility and also requires a standard radio interface that has been specially adapted for the two systems that are included.
  • the addition of further service networks having different types of specified signal standards would require further adaptations in addition to those already made and make the solution still more complicated.
  • end user services are those provided by the underlying service network, e.g. the GSM network. These services vary in regard of contents and appearance between operators.
  • a solution to homogenous end user services and personal telephony is disclosed in ERICSSON REVIEW, No. 4, 1983, LENNART SODERBERG, "Evolving an Intelligent Architecture for Personal Telecommunication", pages 157-158, 170, XP000415352.
  • a solution is disclosed that integrates intelligent network (IN) and cellular technologies.
  • a specified network standard is defined as the signalling protocol used by the network in communicating within said network, i.e. the "language" signalling nodes within the network are use to communicate with one another.
  • Another problem encountered when extending the geographical coverage area of a network is the requirement of a common interface to subscribers in the common network.
  • a common subscriber may belong to both a ground-based service network and a radio-based service network.
  • the universal network includes an access network part and a transport network part.
  • a transparent signalling connection a so-called signal carrier
  • the radio unit includes an access part which, via a radio connection with the access network, handles the establishment of the transparent connection to the home network through the access network.
  • the radio unit also includes a service part that can transmit and receive the desired signalling messages via the transparent connection.
  • the service part receives and transmits signals with the same specified signalling standards as the standard used in the home network.
  • a signal carrier through the access network, between the access part of the radio unit and the home network of said unit. Messages can then be transported transparently through the access network, via the signal carrier between the service part and the home network.
  • a transparent data carrier can be established through the earlier mentioned transport network upon request. Data can then be transmitted between the service part and the home network of the radio unit with the same transmission rate or speed as that used in the home network. Audio data (speech) and video data are examples of data information having different transmission rates in different service networks.
  • An object of the present invention is to extend the geographical range of different service networks.
  • This object can be achieved by using an access network which is common to service networks having different specified standards.
  • the object can also be achieved by using a transport network which is common to service networks having different data transmission rates.
  • Another object of the invention is to enhance flexibility for users located in the universal network. This object is achieved in accordance with the invention by providing the access and transport networks with a radio transmission facility.
  • Another object of the invention is to establish a signal carrier through the access network, so as to enable a radio unit located in the access network and registered as a home subscriber in one of the service networks, the so-called home network, to communicate with the home network with the aid of the specified signalling standards of said home network.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to establish, when required, a data carrier through the transport network so as to enable the radio unit to transmit data with the specified data transmission rate of the home network.
  • One important advantage afforded by the invention resides in the enhancement of mobility and flexibility achieved with regard to subscribers belonging to the different service networks.
  • Another advantage afforded by the invention resides in the low costs entailed by the enhancement for increase in mobility and flexibility in comparison with the costs entailed by extending each service network per se.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a telecommunication system TS which includes a universal mobile telephone network UMTS.
  • the universal mobile telephone network UMTS includes an access network ACC and a transport network TRN. Both the access network ACC and the transport network TRN are shown with common symbols in Figure 1.
  • the transport network TRN will be explained in more detail further on.
  • the access network ACC includes a plurality of base stations BS1 and BS2 each covering with radio signals a geographical area, a so-called cell C1 and C2 respectively.
  • Figure 1 shows only a few of the base stations BS1, BS2 located in the access network ACC.
  • the base stations BS1 and BS2 are connected to a radio control unit RNC2.
  • the radio control unit RNC2 distributes signals to and from the connected base stations BS1, BS2.
  • the telecommunications system TS in Figure 1 includes a plurality of service networks VOD, GSM, PSTN and INTERNET.
  • a service network VOD which is a video network (Video on Demand), is used, for instance, by a video renting agency for transporting signals from a video film to the person renting the film, i.e. to said person's TV-equipment TE against payment.
  • a service network GSM is a mobile telephone network used for transporting, e.g., speech signals to and from the mobile telephone equipment ME of a subscriber in the mobile telephone network.
  • a service network PSTN is a public switched telephone network used to transport speech signals to a permanently connected telephone unit PE of a subscriber in the public telephone network.
  • a service network INTERNET is used to transport electronic post to and from the computer equipment CE of a user of the post network.
  • a specified network standard is defined by the signalling protocol used by the network in communicating within said network, i.e. the "language" signalling nodes are used within the network to communicate with each other. Examples of protocol are MAP and BSSAP, which are both used in the mobile telephone network GSM. The signalling protocols are well described in the specified standards of respective networks.
  • Each service network VOD, GSM, PSTN and INTERNET in the telecommunications system TS is connected to the access network ACC via at least one input port O1, P1, P2, P3, P4, Q1, R1.
  • the radio control unit RNC2 in the access network ACC is connected to at least one of the input ports O1, P1, Q1, R1 to each service network.
  • the telecommunications system TS includes radio units TU, GU, PU and CU which are located within the radio coverage area of the access network ACC. Each of the radio units TU, GU, PU, CU can establish a connection with each of the base stations BS1, BS2 in the access network ACC.
  • Signal transport between one of the radio units and a selected service network takes place over so-called signal carriers.
  • a signal carrier moves data transparently between two signalling nodes. Examples of different signalling nodes in the access network ACC are the input ports O1, P1, P2, P3, P4, Q1, R1, the radio control unit RNC2, the base stations BS1, BS2 and the radio units TU, GU, PU, CU.
  • a first signal carrier SC1 has been marked in Figure 1 with a chain line between an input port P2 which is connected to a service network of the GSM-type and the radio control unit RNC2.
  • a second signal carrier SC2 has been marked in Figure 1 with a chain line between the radio control unit RNC2 and a portable radio unit GU, via base station BS2.
  • the signal carriers SC1 and SC2 will be described in more detail further on.
  • the radio units TU, GU, PU and CU include an access part and a service part.
  • the access part belongs to the access network ACC and handles the signalling required to establish the second signal carrier SC2 between the radio unit GU and the radio control unit RNC2 in the access network ACC.
  • the radio based part of the second signal carrier SC2 of the illustrated embodiment is comprised of a CDMA-based radio interface. This interface will be described in more detail further on.
  • the service part belongs to one of the service networks VOD, GSM, PSTN or INTERNET and receives and transmits signals in accordance with the specified standards of the service network, via the established signal carriers SC1 and SC2.
  • the access part and service part of the radio unit will be described in more detail further on.
  • At least one signal carrier through the access network, between the radio unit and the home network of said unit.
  • a message is thereafter transported transparently over the signal carrier through the access network between the service part and the home network of the radio unit.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an example of the construction of a signal carrier.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a signal transport system of the type CCITT No. 7 Signalling System.
  • Signalling according to the No. 7-system so-called C7-signalling
  • the signal carrier includes a transport mechanism MTP which transports a message reliably between two designated signalling nodes. The message is "down packed” ? in an original node. The message is then transported on a physical link from the original node to a destination node, in which the message is "up-packed” ?.
  • the transport mechanism MTP is part of a C7-signal transport system and is represented by a so-called OSI-model, which is a standard model in network communication.
  • the entire OSI-model is shown schematically in Figure 2a and will be seen to comprise a total of seven layers L7-L1.
  • the bottom three layers L3, L2, L1 correspond to the message transport part MTP mentioned above and explained in more detail with reference to Figure 2b.
  • the top four layers L7, L6, L5 and L4 correspond to the specified signalling standard of a service network.
  • the aforesaid radio units TU, PU, RLL and CU are examples of units which generate messages in accordance with the standards of a service network.
  • MAP Mobile Application Part
  • BSSAP Base Station System Application Part
  • GSM Global System Application Part
  • Telephone user parts TUP Telephone User Part
  • the Figure shows a further example of protocol belonging to the uppermost layers, e.g. ISUP (Integrated Services Digital Network User Part) which generates messages intended for ISDN.
  • Figure 2b shows the transport mechanism MTP, here represented by the three bottom layers L1, L2 and L3 in the OSI-model.
  • a message DATA is generated in accordance with the specified signalling standard of a service network.
  • the third layer L3 is a network layer which distributes and directs the message DATA to the correct signalling node.
  • the message DATA is placed in the third layer together with an original address OPC and a destination address DPC, among others.
  • the content of the third layer L3 is delivered to the second layer L2.
  • the second layer L2 is responsible for reliable transportation of the content of the third layer.
  • the content of the third layer is placed in the second layer together with check sum CK and error correction bits Corr, among others.
  • the content of the second layer L2 is then delivered to the first layer L1.
  • the first layer L1 comprises hardware necessary for signalling transport.
  • the first layer converts bit information from the second layer to pulses of correct size and shape.
  • the pulses are transported to their correct destination, a physical signalling link. As beforementioned, this is achieved with the aid of the bottom layers L3, L2 and L1 as a transparent connection between a radio unit and a service network is established through the universal network.
  • the signal carrier shown in Figure 2 is only an example of conceivable signal carriers.
  • the aforesaid first signal carrier SC1 is established with the aid of another signal transport system which is an X.75-type Signalling System.
  • Signalling according to the X.75-system is known to the art and is well described in CCITT Blue Book Volume VIII, recommendation X.75.
  • the principles of the X.75-signalling system will be described briefly below with the intention of enabling the invention to be better understood.
  • X.75-signalling includes a transport means with whose aid messages are transported between two signalling nodes.
  • the transport means includes a packet layer, a link layer and physical layer. A message which is to be moved from a first signalling node to a second node is delivered to the packet layer.
  • the packet layer converts the message to a format adapted for transportation within an X.75-based network.
  • the content of the packet layer is delivered to the link layer.
  • the link layer ensures reliable transport of the packeted message to the designated signalling node, by including a check sum and parity bits among others.
  • the content of the link layer is then delivered to the physical layer.
  • the physical layer includes hardware necessary for signal transport.
  • the physical layer converts bit information from the second layer into electric pulses of the correct size and shape. The pulses are transported to their correct destination on a physical link.
  • the layers thus form together a transport mechanism which transports the message reliably to a correct signalling node.
  • the message includes a plurality of binary characters whose mutual order has no significance to the transport mechanism.
  • the first signal carrier SC1 shown in Figure 1 transports the GSM-messages transparently between the GSM-input port P2 and the radio control unit RNC2. It will be understood that the first signal carrier SC1 is only an example of a signal carrier through the access network ACC. Other types of signal carrier are conceivable, for instance signal carriers of the aforesaid type CCITT No. 7.
  • the second signal carrier SC2 shown in Figure 1 between the radio control unit RNC2 and a radio unit GU is established with the aid of a logic channel especially dedicated for this purpose, between the radio control unit RNC2 and the radio unit GU.
  • the dedicated channel is established on request from either the radio control unit RNC2 or the radio unit GU. Subsequent to the establishment of the dedicated channel, signal transport can be effected over said channel from either the radio control unit RNC2 to the radio unit GU or vice versa.
  • the dedicated channel remains dedicated to signalling between the radio control unit and the radio unit until a release is requested.
  • the air based part of the second signal carrier SC2 between the radio unit GU and the base station BS2 is comprised of a CDMA-based radio interface.
  • the ground based part of the second signal carrier SC2 is a signal carrier according to the X.25-system described in CCITT Blue Book Volume VIII, recommendation X.25.
  • the aforesaid parts forming the second signal carrier SC2 are solely examples of conceivable signal carriers within the access network ACC.
  • FIG 3 is a block schematic in which the universal network UMTS earlier referred to with reference to Figure 1 is connected to a GSM-type service network, a so-called GSM-network.
  • the two networks UMTS and GSM are mutually connected via the input port P2.
  • the access network ACC in the universal network includes the portable radio unit GU, the base station BS2, the radio control unit RNC2 and part of the input port P2.
  • the radio unit GU is registered as a home unit in the GSM-network and is a so-called GSM-unit GU.
  • the GSM-unit GU includes an access part APG and a service part SPG.
  • the access part APG belongs to the access network ACC and handles the signalling necessary in establishing the earlier said signal carrier SC2 between the GSM-unit GU and the radio control unit RNC2.
  • the earlier mentioned first signal carrier SC1 and the second signal carrier SC2 have been marked in Figure 3 with solid thick lines between the GSM-unit GU, the radio control unit RNC2 and the input port P2.
  • the service part SPG belongs to the GSM-network and transmits and receives signals in accordance with the specified standard of the GSM-network, via the first and the second signal carrier SC1 and SC2.
  • the radio control unit RNC2 includes a radio resource unit RRR which, together with the access unit APG in the GSM-unit GU, establishes, maintains and releases the second signal carrier SC2 between the radio control unit RNC2 and the GSM-unit GU.
  • the radio control unit RNC2 includes a signal terminal STER which, together with a signal terminal STEP in the input port P2, handles the establishment, maintainance and release of the first signal carrier SC1 between the radio control unit RNC2 and the input port P2.
  • the signal terminals STER and STEP generate the aforesaid transport layers (packet, link and physical layers) in the X.75-system.
  • the radio control unit RNC2 includes a transfer unit TER which moves the messages from the first established signal carrier SC1 to the second signal carrier SC2 and vice versa.
  • the input port P2 also includes a transfer unit TEP, which moves the messages between the first established signal carrier SC1 and a GSM-signal carrier SCGSM that has been established in the GSM-network between the input port P2 and a mobile services switching centre MSC i the GSM-network.
  • This transportation of the messages has been marked in Figure 3 above the transfer unit TEP with a thick full line having pointed ends.
  • This transfer of messages from one type of signal carrier to another type forms part of conventional telephony technology and is well described, e.g., in CCITT Blue Book Volume VIII, recommendation X.75.
  • points are stored in the transfer unit TEP when establishing the two signal carriers SC1 and SCGSM.
  • the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM When a message arrives from the first signal carrier SC1, the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM is pointed out.
  • the first signal carrier SC1 When a message arrives from the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM, the first signal carrier SC1 is pointed out.
  • the specified standard according to which a message is generated is unimportant to the signal carriers, provided that the signal carriers are solely responsible for transparent transportation or transfer of the message and transfer the message from one carrier to another upon arrival at a signalling node.
  • the input port P2 includes a message transport unit MTPP which with the aid of No. 7-signalling handles the establishment, maintainance and release of the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM.
  • the mobile switching centre MSC includes a message transport unit MTPM which, together with the transport unit MTPP of the input port P2, handles the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM.
  • the mobile services switching centre MSC includes a signalling node SPM which generates a message according to a specified standard in the GSM-network.
  • the aforesaid BSSAP-protocol is an example of one such standard.
  • the signalling node SPM is a start-point or terminal-point in the GSM-network for the BSSAP-messages transported between the GSM-network and the GSM-unit GU.
  • the service part SPG in the GSM-unit GU forms another start-point or terminal-point for the transport of BSSAP-messages.
  • the BSSAP-message is transported in the GSM-network via the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM. With the aid of the transfer unit TEP in the input port, the BSSAP-message is transported from the GSM-signal carrier SCGSM to the first signal carrier SC1, which is of the X.75-type.
  • the BSSAP-message is transported via the first signal carrier SC1 and is received in the radio control unit RNC2. After being received in the radio control unit, the BSSAP-message is transferred from the first signal carrier SC1 to the second signal carrier SC2, which includes a ground-based part of the X.25-type, with the aid of the transfer unit TER in the access network in the radio control unit.
  • the message is transported from the radio control unit to the GSM-unit GU, via the base station BS2.
  • the BSSAP-message is thus transported transparently from the mobile services switching centre MSC via the GSM-signal carrier through the access network to the GSM-unit GU, via the first signal carrier SC1 and the second signal carrier SC2.
  • the various signalling procedures that are carried out when signalling through the access network between radio units TU, GU, PU, CU and their respective home networks VOD, GSM, PSTN, INTERNET will be explained in more detail further on with reference to different embodiments.
  • the aforesaid signal carriers SC1, SC2 and SCGSM are well specified in those specifications earlier mentioned in the text. However, it will be readily understood by one skilled in this art that messages can be transported transparently through the access network with the aid of a different type of signal carrier, and that signals generated in accordance with different specified standards can be transported transparently via said signal carrier.
  • Figure 3 also shows the transport network TRN. Similar to the access network, the transport network TRN includes the GSM-unit GU, the base station BS2, the radio control unit RNC2 and a part of the input port P2.
  • the transport network TRN includes a ground based part ATM between the input port P2 and the base station BS2, said part being an ATM-type in the illustrated case.
  • the transport network TRN also includes an air carried part CDMA between the base station BS2 and the radio unit, which in the illustrated case is a CDMA-type. Data is transported via data carriers in the transport network TRN principly in the same manner as the aforedescribed signal transport.
  • the transport network also includes devices corresponding to APG, RRR, STER, STEP, MTPP and MTPM as those described above as being necessary to establishing the signal carriers SC1, SC2 and SCGSM. These devices, however, have not been shown in Figure 3.
  • the ground based ATM-part includes a first data carrier DC1 between the input port P2 and the radio control unit RNC2, and a first part of a second data carrier DC2 between the radio control unit RNC2 and the base station BS2.
  • the second part of the second data carrier DC2 between the base station BS2 and the GSM-unit GU is air based and of the CDMA-type.
  • Data carriers are marked with thick hollow lines in Figure 3.
  • Pointers are stored in the transfer unit TEP at the same time as the data carrier DC1 and the GSM-data carrier DCGSM are established in the GSM-network.
  • the pointers Upon the arrival of, e.g., a data packet from the first data carrier DC1, the pointers point to the GSM-signal carrier DCGSM, and upon the arrival of data from the GSM-signal carrier, the pointers point to the first data carrier.
  • This transfer is well described in the B-ICI Specification of the ATM-forum (Version 1.0, September 1993).
  • the ATM-network enables data to be transferred at a required rate or speed.
  • the ATM-network is known to the art and is well described in the B-ICI, AAL and UNI specifications of the ATM-forum. Similar to the ATM-network, the SDMA-network enables data to be transmitted at a variable transmission rate or speed.
  • a report concerning a CDMA-network with variable data transmission rates has been filed for publication in the IEEE Journal of Selected Areas in Communication Special Issue on "CDMA Networks". The report discloses a CDMA-system having variable data transmission rates.
  • a dedicated channel can also be allocated for transmitting data between the GSM-unit GU and the base station BS2.
  • the ATM-network and the CDMA-network enable data to be transmitted within a wide spectrum.
  • the two networks enable data to be transmitted between a wide frequency range, i.e. data transmission at varying rates.
  • Example of carrier services of different transmission rates are:
  • the ATM-network and the CDMA-network shall be seen only as examples of different networks with which the invention can be implemented.
  • FIG 4 illustrates the access network ACC earlier discussed with reference to Figures 1 and 3.
  • the access network ACC includes location areas, so called search areas LA1, LA2, LA3 and LA4, each of which includes a plurality of cells.
  • the cells symbolize the radio coverage area of different base stations BS2.
  • the limits between the different search areas LA1, LA2, LA3 and LA4 have been marked with thick full lines in the Figure, between the cell clusters in respective search areas.
  • the base stations BS2 in each search area LA1, LA2, LA3 and LA4 are handles by one of the radio control units RNC1, RNC2, RNC3 and RNC4.
  • the portable radio unit GU in the access network is a so-called GSM-unit which is registered as belonging to the GSM-network.
  • the GSM-network is thus the home network of the radio unit, a so-called GSM-home network.
  • Another radio unit in the access network a so-called PSTN-unit PU, is registered as belonging to a PSTN-type service network, the so-called PSTN-home network of the radio unit PU.
  • the GSM-home network is connected to the access network ACC via the input ports P1, P2, P3 and P4 earlier mentioned with reference to Figure 1.
  • the Figure shows further ports P2' and P2''.
  • the further input ports belong to Operators (Proprietors) other than the operator handling the GSM-home network. Examples of Swedish GSM-Operators are TELIA, EUROPOLITAN and COMVIQ.
  • Each Operator handles a service network GSM, GSM' and GSM'' and each network is connected to the access network ACC via the ports P2, P2' and P2''.
  • Each port is connected to at least one of the radio control units RNC1, RNC2, RNC3 and RNC4.
  • all ports P2, P2', P2'' of said Operators are located at the same place and connect to the same radio control unit RNC2.
  • the home network GSM includes a mobile services switching centre MSC and is connected to signalling nodes within the home network GSM. Examples of signalling nodes within the GSM-network are a home location register HLR and a visitor location register VLR.
  • the mobile services switching centre is also connected to the input ports P1, P2, P3 and P4.
  • the GSM-unit GU is registered permanently in the home location register HLR as belonging to the home network GSM.
  • the GSM-unit GU may be registered temporarily in the visitor location register VLR as a visitor to one of the cells in the GSM-network handled by the mobile services switching centre MSC.
  • the GSM-unit may also be registered as a visitor in a cell in the access network ACC.
  • the cell can be reached by the mobile switching centre MSC via one of the ports P1, P2, P3, P4.
  • Information as to the port P1, P2, P3 or P4 in which the GSM-unit can be reached is stored in the visitor location register VLR.
  • the dual-mode-unit enables the mobile telephone to choose a first radio interface that is used within the access network ACC and a second radio interface which is used within the home network GSM.
  • the interface that is chosen will depend on in which of the two networks ACC, GSM the mobile is located.
  • the aforementioned PSTN-unit PU is a permanently installed telephone unit in the access network ACC which communicates with its home network PSTN via a radio interface in the access network ACC.
  • the PSTN-home network includes a first local exchange LE1, a second local exchange LE2 and a transit exchange TE.
  • a telephone unit PE in the PSTN-network is connected to the first local exchange LE1.
  • the transit exchange TE interconnects the two local exchanges LE1 and LE2.
  • the second local exchange LE2 is connected to the access network via the input port Q1.
  • the port Q1 is connected to the radio control unit RNC2.
  • the method of registering the GSM-unit GU is illustrated in Figure 5.
  • a GSM-unit may be registerede when the it passes from the GSM-network to the access network.
  • Other examples are when the GSM-unit passes a search area or when the GSM-unit is activated.
  • Figure 5 shall be studied together with Figure 4.
  • the method is preceded by storing in the radio control unit RNC2 information disclosing which service network borders on the input ports to which the radio control unit is connected.
  • the method includes the following steps:
  • Figure 6 is a flow sheet which describes briefly the most important steps in the earlier described procedure. Figure 6 shall be read together with Figures 4 and 5. The flow sheet of Figure 6 illustrates the following steps:
  • the activity illustrated in the above signalling example with reference to Figures 4-6 is the registration of the GSM-unit, although other activities are conceivable that have their origin in the GSM-unit GU, for instance the setup of call connections or other types of service request. It is necessary to establish different signal carriers SC1 and SC2 in order to perform the activity. Transparent signalling is effected through the access network, subsequent to having established the signal carriers. In this regard, the GSM-unit is perceived by the home network GSM as being a radio unit that is located within the GSM-home network.
  • the PSTN-unit PU located in the access network ACC and using a standard signalling protocol other than the GSM-protocol BSSAP and which has a home network different to the GSM-home network is perceived as being a radio unit within its home network, i.e. within the PSTN-home network.
  • a call connection is set up from an A-subscriber in the PSTN-network to a B-subscriber in the access network ACC.
  • speech signals are transported via the data transport network TRN.
  • the transport network is partly of the ATM-type (Asynchronus Transfer Mode) and partly of the CDMA-type, which was previously mentioned with reference to Figure 3.
  • the PSTN-unit is installed in the access network ACC, the unit is registered as being permanently present in either the cell that is handled by the base station BS2 or in one of the six cells surrounding the cell 2.
  • the PSTN-unit is registered in the PSTN-network with a telephone number of the same type as remaining subscribers in the PSTN-network.
  • the input port Q1 When registering the PSTN-unit, the input port Q1 is given as the port through which the radio unit can be reached. Changes in the radio space can cause the PSTN-unit as being perceived to be located in one of the peripheral cells.
  • the PSTN-unit is therefore registered in the radio control unit RNC2 as being potentially present in one of those cells that surround the cell C2 handled by the base station BS2.
  • the cell C2 In Figure 4, the cell C2 has been shown somewhat larger than the peripheral cells.
  • the PSTN-unit may thus be located in either the cell handled by the base station BS2, or in one of the six cells that surround the cell C2.
  • Figure 8 is a flow sheet which briefly describes the most important steps in the earlier described method. Figure 8 shall be read together with Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7. The flow sheet in Figure 8 includes the following steps:
  • a subscriber located within the cell area of a radio control unit in the access network is registered as belonging to a surface network which is handled by an Operator or Proprietor different to those Operators that handle the service networks that are connected to the radio control unit.
  • the procedure may be preceded by storing in the radio control unit information concerning cooperative relationships that exist between different Operators and when, receiving a service network identity which includes an Operator unknown to the radio control unit, designating another Operator with which cooperative relationships are found.
  • an Operator of a service network of the same specified network type as the network handled by the Operator disclosed by the service network identity is designated either randomly or in accordance with a predetermined ranking list.
  • the radio interface in the access network may be satellite based, i.e. communication between a radio unit in the access network and a base station in the access network takes place via a satellite. Neither need the transmission of the radio signals take place with the aid of CDMA-techniques as in accordance with the embodiments. It is also conceivable that radio signals can be transmitted with the aid of TDMA-techniques (Time Division Multiple Access), FDMA-techniques (Frequency Division Multiple Access) or any other appropriate transmission technique.
  • the signal carrier which transports standard signals transparently through the access network can be chosen from a number of possible types, as earlier mentioned and shown by example.
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